Ian McCollum - Forgotten Weapons

Strength, Balance, and Shooting in a Fine Suit: Lynx Brutality 2026, Day 1

June 12, 2026 Ian McCollum 6

Grayman and Company double breasted convertible jacket for rifle plates: Main Home Use code FORGOTTENWEAPONS for 10% off. Lynx Brutality is one of the premiere two-gun physical shooting matches in the world, held annually in […]

FN’s New ARKA: Revamping the SCAR for Military Tenders

June 10, 2026 Ian McCollum 2

The ARKA is essentially FN’s SCAR rifle on the inside but with more AR-style controls and handling. It was developed in response to a number of military and security service tenders which required specifically an […]

Romanian vz24 Sniper Rifles from World War Two

June 8, 2026 Ian McCollum 7

Romanian Marshal Antonescu officially requested development of a sniper’s rifle on January 22, 1942. The Romanian military at that point was using the vz24 Mauser rifle, and the Romanian optics company IOR developed a pair […]

Sako M92S: Finland’s Last Civilian AK (now being imported to the US)

June 5, 2026 Ian McCollum 19

My book on Finnish small arms is available for preorder: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/forged-in-snow The M92S is the semiautomatic civilian version of the Finnish military rk95 rifle. The rk95 was intended to be a modernization of the Finnish […]

Prototype MAS 1925M Pistol: Cartridge Counting in 7.65 French Long

June 3, 2026 Ian McCollum 12

After World War One the French military created a plan to replace basically all of its small arms, including the array of handguns it had in use. The trials to adopt a single new replacement […]

AK-12: The Improved 2019 Model

June 1, 2026 Ian McCollum 3

The AK-12 went through an extensive development program that attempted to substantially change the AK design, but failed. In 2015 the early design plans were scrapped, and the project reverted to simply making some changes […]

AK-12: The Original Adopted Model (with Shooting)

June 1, 2026 Ian McCollum 9

Full version with all the shooting footage is available for all Patrons: http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons It is also available to subscribers on Pepperbox and Floatplane: https://www.pepperbox.tv/video/12941 https://www.floatplane.com/post/cvS8e83PUH The AK-12 went through an extensive development program that attempted […]

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